Shipping or packing box



A. LACKEY SHIPPING 0R PACKING BOX Feb. 26, 1924.'

Filed April 22, 1922 2 sheets-sheet aA Patented Feb. 2d, i934..

ABRAHAM LACKEY, OF RIALTO, CALEFORNIA.

SHIPPING Oft PLCKING BOX.

Application led April 22, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ABRAHAM LAGKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rialto, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Shipf ping or Packing Boxes, of which the foliowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide ashipping or packing case or box, which is collapsible, in order that it may be disposed in a small compass, when not erected and in use, enabling the case or box to be returned to the shipper or sender at a small expense.

Another purpose is the provision of a box or case, wherein thesides and ends are capable of resting upon the bottom, when the parts are collapsed or knocked down, so that the cover may be connected to the bottom by means of strips, so as to hold the sides and ends in place, when the parts are in collapsed positions.

Still another purpose is to provide a shipping box or case, wherein the sides, ends, top and cover have interconnecting joints, to hold the parts in erected positions when the case is in use. The shipping box or case is particularly adapted for shipping various produce, such as fruit, vegetables and the like. Also it is the aim to provide a shipping box or case, wherein the sides, ends, bottom, cover and intermediate pieces or partitions may be perforated or not, preferably perforated for shipping various produce, thereby permitting circulation of air through the box.

lt is to be understood that the particulars herein given are in no way limitative and that while still keeping within the scope of the invention, any desired modifications of detail and desired proportions may be made in the apparatus according to circumstances.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure l is a view in perspective of the improved shipping case or box constructed in accordance with the invention, showing the box erected for use;

Figure 2 is a view in perspective showing the various parts of the shipping case or box collapsed;

Serial No. 556,060.

Figure 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view through the box or case;

Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view on line 5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view on line 6-6 of Figure 2 Vtransversely through the collapsed box or case;

Fig. 7 is a section showing in detail a joint between a side and end of the box.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the bottom of the box, 2 the sides thereof, 3 the ends, and 4 the cover.

The longitudinal .edge portions of the bottom 1 are provided with inturned ianges 5 forming guides to be engaged by the lateral flanges 6 of the lower portions of the sides 12 of the box. rlhe end edges of the bottom have upstanding flanges 7, which act to prevent the sides from moving longitudinally.

rEhe ends of the sides are bent upon themselves as at 8. The folded portions 9 caused to be formed by so bending the ends of the sides lie flat against the inner faces of the sides. The folded parts 9 and the sides are bent at 10, so that the two parts 9 and portions of the sides between the bends 8 and 10 constitute flanges 11 extending at right angles to the sides, which prevent the end pieces 3 from moving outwardly. The inner portions of the folded parts 9 are rebent at 12 having flanges 13, which are parallel to the sides, thereby forming channel guides 13, which receive the ianges of the end pieces 3, which may be inserted in position in a vertical direction, until the lower edges of the end pieces engage within the flanges 6 of the bottom. The anges 11 prevent the side pieces from moving' outwardly, while the flanges 11 prevent the end pieces from moving outwardly, when the cover is removed.

The upper longitudinal edges of the sides 2 terminate in beads 14 which have interiorv stiifening wires or rods 15. These beads act as guides for the cover 4, the longitudinal edges of which have overturned arcuate guide channels 16 to receive the rolls, to hold the cover in position. One end edge of the cover 4 has a downturned flange l?, to engage one end of the shipping box or case, to limit the cover in its movement, when connected to the sides of the box.

The bottom, side, ends, cover and an intermediate partition18 may or may not be perforated, preferably perforated, so as to permit of a thorough circulation of air through the box, to keep the produce from spoiling, as the box is particularly adapted for shipping perishable articles.

The sides 2 of the box have inturned struckup lugs or tangs 19, which act as guides, for the reception of the flanges 20 of the transverse partition 18, to hold the same in position.

Fastened to the bottom l in any suitable manner, preferably by rivets are transverse strips 2l, which are located adjacent the ends ot the box. These strips have upturned ends 22, terminating in beads 23, which engage the downturned curved longitudinal flanges of the cover, when the box or shipping case is in a collapsed condition, as shown in Figure 2.

lWhen the shipping box or case is not in use,the ends are disposed upon the bottom ilatwise thereof, then the side pieces 2 are disposed upon the end pieces, the partition having beenl arranged under the side pieces, after which the cover is connected to the upstanding ends of the transverse pieces 2l of the bottom, therebyholding the various .parts in their collapsed positions, in order to permit the shipping case or box to be transmitted from one place to another in a small compass. t

i In order to collapsethe shipping box or case, itis first necessary to remove the partition, by moving it vertically upwardly, that is to say after removing the cover. The end pieces are then moved vertically upwardly, after which the side pieces are free to move inwardly, disengaging their lower flanges from the guides of the'bottom.

The various parts of the shipping box or case may be constructed of any suitable material, preferably sheet metal, such as aluminum or the like, so that, the box` may be made very light, thereby saving costin shipping.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed is l. A. shipping box comprising bottom, sides, ends, and a cover adapted to have interlocking engagement with eachother when thebox is set up, the bottom having inturned guide flanges and the cover having beads, and members .extending across the bottom and then extending upward and being formed at the junction of the transversely extending portion with the upwardly extending portions with beads adapted to receive andinterlock with the inwardly turned flanges., the upper ends of the upwardly extending portions being formed to engage in andinterlock with the beads of the coverto therebyy hold the parts in their knocked down condition.

2. A shipping box comprising a bottom, sides, ends and a cover, the bottom being longer than the sides and wider than the endsl and Vhaving its lateral margins upwardly and inwardly turned, the cover being longer than the sides and wider than the ends and formed at its margins with inwardly extending open beads, andv members applied to thebottoni for holding the box in a knocked down condition, each member having a transverse portion disposed beneath the bottom of the box and upwardly extending relatively short portions, each upwardly extending portion at its junction with the transverse portion being outwardly bowed to embrace the flange of the bottoni and interlock therewith and the upper end of each upwardly extending portion being outwardly and then downwardly curved tov fit in and interlock with the beadon the cover.

ln testimony whereof; l hereunto aiiix my signature.

ABRAHAM LAQKEY. 

